Beach rest and sunshade



Dec. 23, 1930. G. HANAN BEACH REST AND SUN SHADE Filed Jan. 30, 1929 Inventor Y G'zalrachiwvnm Mag A ftorney Patented Dec. 23, 1930 GEORGE mm, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK BEACH BEST AND SUNSHADE Application fled January 30, 1929. Serial No. 386,166.

a This invention relates to new and useful improvements in beach appurtenances, and has particular reference to a combined rest and sun shade. The primary object of the invention is to provide a simply and inexpensively constructed device that can be hired at the beach .or that can be carried to the beach as the personal property of a bather, and that will provide a spread to be laid upon the sand, and upon which the bather can rest Without coming into direct contact with the sand,'the device also providing a sun shade in order that the bather may recline upon the beach, without becoming burned by the suns rays. I

An additional object of this invention is to provide a device of this character that may be readily transported from place to place, and easily and quickly set up in any desired position, and that can be knocked down and folded for storage in a small space.

With the foregoing and other objects in View as the nature of the invention will be better understood from the following specification and accompanying drawing, where- 1n:

Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved beach rest and sun shade in actual use.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical section through the sun shade, and also in set up position, and

Figure 3 is a transverse section looking towards the sun shade end- Now, having particular reference to the drawing, my novel device consists of a single length of canvas or other suitable fabric 5. Associated with this fabric at one end thereof is a substantially rectangular metallic skeleton frame member. designated generally by the reference numeralfi and comprising a substantially U-shaped member B having eyes CC on its opposite ends through which extends a rod D, the opposite ends of said rod projecting outwardly from said eyes and terminating in heads E-E. This frame is of any predetermined length, and is of a width no greater than the width of the mate-' rial 5. One end of the fabric 5 is turned over the rod D and secured in turned over relation by stitching or the like 7. The said fabric is also looped around the closed end of the U-shaped member B of the frame as disclosed in Figure 2 and secured together by stitching F, said frame together with the fabric directly associated therewith, providdetermined angle.

The len th of the fabric 5 is such as to provide a each spread cloth 9 of a length practically equivalent to the height of an ordinary individual, this spread cloth obviously extending from the lower end of the frame, as disclosed in Figure 1. Thus after the shade has been arranged in a desired position and the cloth laid upon the sand, the bather as shown in Figure 1, can recline upon the beach without coming into direct contact with the sand. In addition to this, the shade A will project the bather from the direct rays of the sun, thus vpreventing sunburn.

It will thus be seen that the device is of a highly useful nature, as well as being of a simple and inexpensive structure. Furthermore, theentire device can be easily transported from place to place, and when not in use, it can be folded up and stored away, or a large number of the devices can be piled together.

If desired, the frame structure for the sun shade A can be entirely detachable from the fabric 5, so that the frame can be rolled up within the fabric. Other departures may be made without affecting the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

It isnot always necessary that the lower ends of the bars 88 press in the ground as they stand erect when properly adjusted or if necessary 'a socket or other means can be attached to fabric 9 to hold them in position. Should the fabric 9 have what is commonly known as right and wrong sides, and itbeing desirous of exposing as much of the right side terials suitable to requirements.

as possible the fabric 9 can be severed near the lower end of the frame 5 and reversed so that nearly all of the right side. is exposed to view or another different piece substituted and attached if desired.

The frame 6 can be made of various ma- For speed and economy of construction, a sheet of cardboard or other cheap material the full size of the sun shade and covered with the fabric lapping over at the top of the shade 7, is glued or otherwise fastened and the bars 8-8 suitably attached near both upper corners. This device is intended for anyone who may desire to recline on the beach, or under the boardwalk. on the grass, in the parks and public play grounds, and to eliminate the customary use of newspaper and other material which they leave behind when they depart leaving the ground unsightly and entailing great expense in restoring it to a proper state.

The chief purpose of this invention is to .preserve. the beauty and cleanliness of public resorts as Well as affording pleasure and comfort to the patrons thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A combined beach rest and sun shade of the character described comprising a substantially rectangular skeleton frame including a substantially U-shaped member having eyes on its opposite end and a rod disposed through the eyes and extending outwardly therefrom, heads on the opposite ends of the rod, supporting arms loosely connected to the opposite end portion of the rod intermediate the heads and the eyes, and a single length of fabric having an intermediate portion looped. around the closed end portion of the U-shaped member and stitched together, one end portion of the fabric extending over the frame and being looped around the rod and stitched together in a manner to provide a sun shade and the opposite end portion of the fabric adapted to extend outwardly beneath the sun shade in a manner to constitute a mat.

2. A combined beach rest and sun shade of the character described comprising a substantially rectangular skeleton frame including a substantially U-shaped inclined member having eyes on its opposite ends and a rod disposed through the eyes and extending outwardly therefrom, heads on the opposite ends of the rod, supporting arms having eyes on one end encircling the opposite end portion of the rod intermediate the heads and the eyes of the U-shaped member in a manner to loosely connect said arms to the rod, and a single length of flexible fabric of greater width than the frame having an intermediate portion looped around the closed end portion of the U-shaped member and stitched together, one end port-ior of the fabric extending upwardly over the frame and being GEORGE HANAN. 

